SATELLITE BEACH, Florida USA — Thirty-two fifth-graders at Sea Park Elementary graduated with flying colors May 22 after completing Southwest Airline's Adopt-A-Pilot program.

Monday you may have not even heard that Flight 1544 flying from Houston to Cleveland was nearly hit by what numerous witnesses on the plane described as a cylinder shaped object with a long plume of thick smoke pouring out its back.

MANSFIELD, Washington USA — Ryan Buettner bolted from the worn wooden bleachers and went bounding over the sagebrush like a jackrabbit with a coyote on its tail.

HOUSTON, Texas USA — Shortly after takeoff yesterday morning, the pilot of Continental Flight 1544 reported seeing a rapidly moving object with a thick smoke trail closing in on his aircraft and shooting past his cockpit window.

HOUSTON, Texas USA — No hobby clubs had requested or been granted clearance to launch high-powered model rockets on Memorial Day when a Continental Airlines pilot reported seeing such an object zoom past his cockpit window, authorities said Tuesday.

HOUSTON, Texas USA — A Continental Airlines pilot said something came awfully close to invading his flight’s airspace Monday morning. But what was the object that was soaring so close to a passenger jet?

HOUSTON, Texas USA — The FBI and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a close brush between a Continental Airlines jet and a model rocket in the sky over Houston, Texas.

CLEVELAND, Ohio USA — The FBI is investigating an unidentified object seen near a Cleveland-bound Continental Airlines plane just after it departed from Houston.

HOUSTON, Texas USA — A Continental Airlines pilot told air traffic controllers that an object with a flaming tail and a trail of smoke flew in front of the plane shortly after takeoff, FBI officials said.

HOUSTON, Texas USA — FBI officials say a Continental Airlines pilot told air traffic controllers that an object with a flaming tail and a trail of smoke flew in front of the plane shortly after take-off.